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Wonder and Cruelty : Ontological War in It's a Wonderful Life.

This book looks at why Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is either the most inspirational or the cruelest film American cinema has ever produced. It depicts, perhaps unwittingly, an ontological war in which two well-matched adversaries fight a series of pitched battles that neither side...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Johnston, Steven
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2018.
Series:Politics, literature, & film.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Tale of Two Films; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author